Morikawa, Yuko
Teranishi, Keiko
Sakurai, Masaru
Ishizaki, Masao
Kido, Teruhiko
Nakagawa, Hideaki
Funding for this research was provided by:
the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (18K10093)
Article History
Received: 18 January 2025
Accepted: 3 October 2025
First Online: 25 November 2025
Declarations
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: We conducted this study in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. This study was approved by the Kanazawa Medical University Medical Research Ethics Board (approval number: I431). A committee representing the target company also approved it. All participants provided written informed consent after receiving a document describing the entire study. During data processing, a company employee in charge converted participants’ identification into pseudonyms, with the researchers then receiving only de-identified data for analysis.
: Not applicable
: The authors declare no competing interests.